Voice actor Roy Skelton has passed away at the age of 79.
Skelton worked for years on Doctor Who, providing the voices for some of the series most popular adversaries including the Krotons, the Cybermen and the Daleks.
Remembering Jeff Conaway
May 27, 2011 by 2 Comments
Actor Jeff Conaway, who appeared in the movie version of Grease and on TV’s Taxi and Babylon 5 has passed away. He was 60 years old.
Remembering Jackie Cooper
May 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Jackie Cooper, whose career spanned multiple decades in Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 88.
Remembering Yvette Vickers
May 4, 2011 by 2 Comments
Actress and former model Yvette Vickers has passed away.
Best known for her work in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Vickers had a long list of B-movies to her credit during the 50′s and 60′s . She appeared in more than 40 different films and television programs, the last one in 1990.
Remembering Elisabeth Sladen
April 19, 2011 by 14 Comments
The actress who brought to life one of Doctor Who’s most popular companions has passed away. Elisabeth Sladen, who played Sarah Jane Smith opposite the third and fourth Doctors before reprising her role in the new series, passed away at the age of 63.
Remembering Michael Gough
March 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Actor Michael Gough has passed away at the age of 94.
The veteran actor appeared in more than 150 movies over his career. He may be best remembered by genre fans for his role as Alfred, butler to Bruce Wayne in four Batman movies (Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin).
Remembering Dwayne McDuffie
February 23, 2011 by 2 Comments
While many fans may not immediately recognize the name Dwayne McDuffie, odds are that many of you will know some of the animated and comic book projects he’s worked on in the past few years.
Remembering Nicholas Courtney
February 23, 2011 by 5 Comments
Over the years a lot of actors have made multiple appearances on Doctor Who.
But only one actor worked on-screen with six of the first seven Doctors. That man was Nicholas Courtney, best known to Doctor Who fans as Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge Stewart. In his career, Courtney appeared 107 times on Doctor Who.
Remembering Joanne Siegel
February 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Joanne Siegel, the wife of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel and the model for the original Lois Lane has passed away at the age of 93. Joanne Siegel met her future husband and fellow Superman co-creator Joe Shuster in Cleveland during the 1930s when she was a teen, according to Cleveland’s Plain Dealer. Shuster contacted her [...]
Remembering John Barry
January 31, 2011 by 2 Comments
Legendary music composer John Barry has passed away at the age of 77.
Barry was a prolific writer of music for popular Hollywood films, but is probably best known for creating the iconic theme for the world’s most famous secret agent, James Bond. Barry wrote and directed the classic theme for agent 007, first features in “Doctor No.”
Susannah York Remembered
January 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
Susannah York, the British-born, Oscar-nominated actress has died at the age of 72 after losing her battle with cancer. Best remembered for the film “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” she also starred as Superman’s Kryptonian mom in the first film starring Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando. York reprised the role in two other Superman films [...]
Remembering Anne Francis
January 4, 2011 by 1 Comment
Actress Anne Francis who starred in the classic movie, “Forbidden Planet” has passed away at the age of 80.
Francis passed away Sunday in California, according to the Associated Press.
Irvin Kershner Remembered
November 29, 2010 by 5 Comments
The man who directed the second installment of the Star Wars franchise, Irvin Kershner, has passed away. He was 87.
According to the Associated Press, Kershner passed away at his home in Los Angeles after battling a long illness.
Leslie Nielsen Remembered
November 29, 2010 by 7 Comments
Actor Leslie Nielsen will always be remembered as the kind of character actor that had perfect comedic timing in such films as “Airplane,” playing Detective Frank Drebin in the “Naked Gun” series of films and so many more satire movies, however, he didn’t start out to be a comedic actor. His first foray into films [...]
Remembering Dino De Laurentiis
November 11, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Dino De Laurentiis, producer of genre staples Barbarella, Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Flash Gordon and Dune, passed away today at the age of 91.
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